Synchronical indicator or index for books, card systems, and records.



s. J. HABE. SYNGHRONICAL INDICATOR 0R INDEX FOR BOOKS, CARD SYSTEMS, AND RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1909.

Patented May 2 1, 1912.

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ATTORNEY SIDNEY J. HARE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SYNCHRONICAL INDICATOR INDEX FOR BOOKS, CARD SYSTEMS, AND RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

`Patented May 211, 191 2.

Application filed June 5, 1909. Serial No. 500,487.

had to'the aeeompanying drawing, torminfeg"4 a part olt this sl'iecitication.

'lheI objects ot the `invention are: First, tol

place in instant correlation and view the geiieral ysuhjeet and topic u'pon an index leaf or leaves with the topical subjects and phrase.I thereof interspersed throughout the pages ot' a hook. Second, to (lesiguate the topical -suhjeets upon each and every page where found in a book. Third, the indication of the ,general and topical Subjects and sub-divisions thereof, through the medium ofdeviees, signs and symhols associated syntl'iet'ieally. or hy concurrence with the prineil'ial subject.

Referring;` to the drawings: Figure l. illustrates the invention applied to a hook, and the toldahle,extension index, a portion o'l' the leaves ol the hook heine; lient haclnvardly upon themselves. to show the marginal indiealmsfaial indices. Fig. 2. is a View of the :toldahle extension index leaf upon the` cover of the hook, with the spaced subdivisionsV tor tlnrindieator topics and indices. Fig. f5 is a view ot a portion ol' the lient. leaves ol the hook. and index illustrating an example o l the invention applied to the hook. Fie'. /l is a view of a portion of a hook with one eover removed, showing a inoilitieation o'l` the invention. Fig. 5. 'is a view ol a weries ot reference cards in hook form. showingl the invention applied thereto.

the indev to the hook prepared as Seen and printed upon a lea t A, I'neferahlyloound with the other leaves in the hack et the book, with an extended portion l, extending a short distance heyond the line ofthe longitudinal edges; ot' the cover C, o1' said book, which as shown is llexihle. Upon the outer portion ot the index page A is a crease l), extei'iding the length ot' the page, and upon a .line with the cut margin oftheleaves o'l the. hook. Upon the line ot crease l) the portion B, ot' the index leaf A, is 'folded in Vardly, Upon the face of the index leaf A areV the horizontal lines F., in vertical series, and upon the 'tace ol eaeh leaf at the edge, are short horizontal lines F, horizontally in line with the lines E, on the index page.

,l hese lines are spaced apart for the adequate nomenclature ot' the general subject of a hook, as seen in Fig. 3, as well as for the topical suhdivision of the suhjectl matter, and appear when the hook is closed upon the eut margin otl theeleaves as lines)` leading to the lines ol the index page. These lines are spared apart; for adequately dividing,r the nomenclature. oi the general subject ot a' hook. as `seen in Fig'. 2, as well as for the topical Isub-division of the sulojeetA matter.

ln orderlo indicate the topical subjects upon the inner surface of the margin of the. leaves ot the book, are affixed the semicir cular wa ters or indicators G, which are of a eolo' sutliciently distinguishable from the pages of the hook,` and shown black for illusl" tration. Another. manner convenient in the printing ot' a. hook is to alix the wafer indicators ehromatieally in the printing process, at such places as will indicate the Subject iforrespondinpr with divisional Subdivisions on the index leat, and within the spaces between the horizontal lines F, as they appear upon the margin ol the leaves of the book. As illustrated inFig. 1, thenumeral 1, on the extended portion l), oi" the index leaf indicates, :for example, the general subject treated upon the pages of the hoolcand the numeral 2, ou said extended portion of the index leal to and imluding;r the numeral 19, at the bottom ot the leaf, indicate topical sulnlivisions oi the general subject 1. In

line, theretm-e, with the numeral 2,v of the index, are shown the series of marginal indieatora (t, uponthe consecutive pages upon which the topic is treated, and in aecordance with the particular topic of which they numeral may stand for, the other numerals inlplieatiin;- the topics upon the. same subject. and varyiinr relatively .from each other.

Upon the index page et 'the hook as seen in Fig. l opposite the topical subject is to be seen the ligure 2. Parallel with this ligure 2 on the page Ior pages ot tliehook is seen the marginal markers indicated by the letter G, which imlieates the place or places in the lhook where the topical subject is treated. Un the opposite page is to be, seen the ligure. marking,r the beginning ol the paragraph where the same snhjeet i. e., Supply is treated. In the saine manner the character t-he topical subject matter in direct linewitlij l marginal'indicators are readily found upon .'45 endmg backwardly the leaves ,'and there-v Where other topical Vsubjects appear as found on the index page and also marked bythe marginal marker on thispage.--

In order, therefore, to employ the invention, the book being, closed, vthe back cover is first opened, displaying the general index. and the. margin B, ofthe index page, unfolded and extended outwardly in position. The book is now opened to the' pages,

inclusive, of the number of indicators G, and

the topic on the margin B, of the index, and- `the outer portions of the leaves of the. book, yand back cover C, which isv show n flexible,

are bent or doubled backwardly toward the innei' portion of the leaves and back C, ex-

posing the indicators uponfthe various pages to the topic indicated upon the margin B',

' of the index, and the topics throughout. the `book correlated vor registering with those upon the margin of the index are readily found.v

In further illustration of the. invention, in Fig. 3 the subject assumed to be treatedupon is as shown a treatise upon W'ater under which is given the. sub-divisions incidentally, Water supply, symbolized by the numeral 2, Kind, symbolized by the nii-, vmera] 3, Use, publie, symbolized bythe numeral 4, Usc, private,symbolized by the numeral 5, and Tests, symbolized. by thel numeral 6. From t-hes'e sub-divisions the ybringing into vieri7 thesub-divisions'of vthe topic, as they appear upon the under bge, and ofthe corresponding'marginal in lcators, .it being observed. that upon theA the 'indicatoiS Kind, being symbolized bythenu'm'eral 3`. V Upon the page of the book Where the topic is the Supply o'f Waterftlie Kind of ivater 7 the numerals and 3 appear indicating responding pages (see Fig. 3)an`d in the.'

gests and various subject matter. The cards 20 are arranged for convenient reference as slioivn 1n Fig. 5, Within the consecutivellupzon al1 lthe- "pa es correlated With the like topics on the` f'iii eX page,-- Ifake,`for' insta1-i'ee,fthe 'subdir' vision Kind o 'fwater as indicated,'the vmain subject ""Waterf? 'being symbolized by;F the numerall; vand ,the topic which .isj`4 fi-n Fig. 3,v the word Vlate'r mayr be indireferences may be as numerous as occasionv requires. VVhenever'the index page is not required, and upon largel tomes the lines are made upon the cut margin of the pagesof spaced apart the' required distance, the lines extending ltransve'rsely to' the Lbook,- "or from lcoi'er to Geyer.' The original.indicatorsaie r c '75 4,1 n like manner as seen'iniF1g.`1. In Fig. .4,uponfthemarginal indicators, areaflixed placed uponI the pages 'ofthe book in Fig.

atl H, in any suitable marinera character B, indicating 'thereby that another topical sub-V ject is treated ofin `the same 4paragraph other than the topical subject indicated' by 1 the' marginal" marker and includedv in thev topical subjectson the extendedport-ion B ofthe index page, thus makingthe occurrence observable' at once Withthe topie'indi'eaterl by the'sign symbol upon the margin of the pages of the book.

Ihaveshoivn in Fi 1 the"" coveis olf/the..

book-'flexible but the' invention may b e ap` i i AThe invention is applicable to single cards plied to .any book with rigid covers.

assembled' s'yntlie'tically in book form, and

s'ucli as library ca rd catalogues of books', di-

sides ofa box 21.v To the face and margin ot these cards are ailixed thel marginal indicators 2Q, as in Fig. 1, and an index card 23, placed in the end of the box, the upperend of the card extending a suitable distance:

above the. lineof the upperportiolis of the cards Q0, upon the face of which upper end' 'i of the index 'eards are atlixed the vertical-- lines 24, spaced apart, and in the spaces beupon which are printed the subject mattei',

tiveen said lines are printed or alixed tliej" topiesapplieable to the subject matter upon"l the cards.- Upon the upper margin of the cards the lilies 25 are placed, extending verresponding distance to tlieliiie 24, on the 'tically in direct-ion and spaced apart a cor#v index card, the lines .upon the cards in series appearing as 'straight llines leadin to' v,the lines lof the index card.' Upon tiese cards `2O may be placed cross references,

sign.v or Word symbols, as indicatedin Figs.- i

1 and 43,1111 place' of the marginal indi-v cato`rs'22,'1 may make notches in `the man' gine of the `cards, as seen at 26,- in Figg'f. 5

Instead ofthe `written Word fVVaterjaS" cated .by the usual sign. symbol H2O, asin' I-am` aware" that indexes have been madev4 'with lines on the cut edges of the leaves ,fin-

dieating only one pageii'liei'ea l.subject bcgine.l Also that there have been subject in- 70 the leaves of vthe book, as seen inl Fig. 4, and

dexes with extended stickers which are always in view but not applicable to library books. t

l am also aware that there have been indexes printed on the nnrgin oit' each page which have no relation to my invention, and that ixtended index leaves are in general nsti "lhe inveiition iS applieahle to catalogues, .reeorde` o't' various kinds, and may be applied to indieate assorted matter, auch as .type in type easesj and other analogous as` Sertment oit material.

Snell other moditieations may he employed an are within the scope of the invention.

fl-laving fully described my invention, what l now elaim as new and desire to seenre hy Letters .Patent iS: t y

l. In anindieator tor hooks the Combination with the index consisting ot'prineilfial 'and topical subjects located on .the index leaf oli marginal markersl printed npon the margin and-tace ot the leaves and parallel with the Snhjeet on the index lea t, and also leeated opposite tliereto and related thereto.

2, In a hook7 the eomhiliatitm with an index leal havingr an extended portion extending beyond the ent edges ot the leaves ofthe hook having the prineipal and topival Snhjeets printed on the extended portion (it the index leal: and marginal markersl printed npon the mailin ot the l'aee ot the l arves set; parallel with the snhjeets ony the index leat' and loeated opposite thereto and related thereto, laaid marginal markeixs` heilig hrtnlght into view when the laveS are lient lmeliwardly, therehy indi Aatingr inatantly ever)7 page npon whieh an),v individual silhjeetI iS treated.

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